list_for_each_prev(9)

💅 list_for_each_prev(9) — the backwards-walk bestie

okay so real talk, this page lives in the Kernel API Manual and it's basically your little cheat code for walking a linked list in reverse. Not forwards. Backwards. We're going back to the beginning, literally. 🦋

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✨ NAME ✨

list_for_each_prev — iterate over a list backwards 💫

Like, the whole entire personality of this macro is "walk the list the other way." That's it. That's the tweet.

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

list_for_each_prev (pos , head );

(it's literally that simple bestie, don't overthink it 🫶)

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🌸 ARGUMENTS 🌸

• pos — the struct list_head you're using as your loop cursor. Think of it as your little finger tracing along the list as you go. It's the thing that moves. 💅
• head — the head for your list. The main character. The starting point of the whole situation. 👑

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🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

okay so this is the part where the manpage just dumps the entire friend group on you, and honestly? iconic. every single one of these, no cap:

• list_add(9)
• list_add_tail(9)
• list_replace(9)
• list_del_init(9)
• list_move(9)
• list_move_tail(9)
• list_is_first(9)
• list_is_last(9)
• list_empty(9)
• list_empty_careful(9)
• list_rotate_left(9)
• list_is_singular(9)
• list_cut_position(9)
• list_splice(9)
• list_splice_tail(9)
• list_splice_init(9)
• list_splice_tail_init(9)
• list_entry(9)
• list_first_entry(9)
• list_last_entry(9)
• list_first_entry_or_null(9)
• list_last_entry_or_null(9)
• list_next_entry(9)
• list_prev_entry(9)
• list_for_each(9)
• list_for_each_safe(9)
• list_for_each_prev_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_reverse(9)
• list_prepare_entry(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_continue_reverse(9)
• list_for_each_entry_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_continue(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_from(9)
• list_for_each_entry_safe_reverse(9)
• list_safe_reset_next(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_continue(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_from(9)
• hlist_for_each_entry_safe(9)
• list_del_range(9)
• list_for_each_from(9)

and before anyone asks — the kernel file is ./tools/include/linux/list.h if you wanna go read the source yourself. iykyk 💖

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🧚 the cute sign-off 🧚

this whole thing comes to you from ./tools/include/linux, dated October 2026, and it's called list_for_each_prev(9) in case you forgot already (you didn't, you're doing amazing). mwah 💋✨🎀